縮 is the Japanese kanji for shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce. It is written with 17 strokes and appears at JLPT level N1. Its kun reading is ちぢ.む、ちぢ.まる、ちぢ.める and its on reading is シュク.
Stroke order
Words with 縮
- 縮むto shrink, to contract, to diminish (in size)
- 縮まるto shorten, to narrow, to close
- 縮みshrinkage
- 軍縮reduction of armaments, disarmament
- 縮小reduction, curtailment, cut
- 短縮shortening, contraction, reduction
Practice 縮 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.